About Us
Mission Statement
Until There’s A Cure® is a national organization dedicated to eradicating HIV/AIDS by raising awareness and funds to combat this pandemic.
Our Dream: |
Our dream is that no one else will become infected with HIV. For those who are HIV positive, we are dedicated on their behalf to educating all people about the virus and the overwhelming need for love and compassion in fighting this pandemic.
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Our Goal: |
Our goal is to fund prevention education, care services, and vaccine development, and to increase public awareness of HIV, using The Bracelet as the tool. The Bracelet will not only serve as a bridge to unite people to fight HIV/AIDS, but will help to increase consciousness, compassion, understanding, and responsibility.
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Until There's A Cure® is committed to:
- Funding innovative programs which promote AIDS awareness and prevention education.
- Providing financial support for care and services for those living with AIDS.
- Supporting and advocating for AIDS vaccine development which offers the best hope for reducing the spread of HIV.
The Bracelet
A Simple Idea with a Profound Impact
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Fueled by concerns about the effects of HIV/AIDS on the lives of their children, two California mothers were inspired to create a non-profit organization, the Until There’s A Cure® Foundation, in 1993.
The Foundation was the first non-profit organization to create and sell a bracelet to raise funds for a cause. The original bracelet was designed by Isabella Geddes of Florence, Italy in 1993 — a symbolic, simple, and elegant cuff-style bracelet. What distinguishes our Foundation from others seeking to help those affected by HIV/AIDS is that our primary source of financing for this effort is The Bracelet. In featuring The Bracelet, our goals are to unite people around the world in promoting compassion, understanding, and responsibility, as well as increasing awareness. Our product line has expanded to include many bracelets of different styles and materials, and all are priced from $5 to $150. Several of our bracelets provide a market for HIV+ craftspeople and support AIDS care and prevention in the developing world. |
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Meet the Board
Board of Directors
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Donna Allen (Board Chair) began volunteering with UNTIL in 1994 upon her retirement as an insurance executive. The loss of her brother to complications from AIDS gave her a strong, personal desire to participate in the Foundation's work. She was elected to the Board of Directors in 1997 and is currently serving as its Chair. Donna is also on the Board of Project Redwood, a social venue fund. She has a BS in education from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Stanford University.
David Landay is the founding director of www.SurvivorshipAtoZ.org, an online resource for people living with HIV and other life changing conditions. He was a founding member of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and was a Board member for the National AIDS Fund and the National Association of People With AIDS. David is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard Law School. He is a former partner of the law firm of Landay and Miller and the former President of Williamsburg Life Insurance Company.
Kathleen Scutchfield co-founded the Until There’s A Cure Foundation with Dana Cappiello in 1993. She served as President for its first five years and currently holds the position of Secretary/Treasurer for the Board. Kathleen attended Sarah Lawrence College and Yale University and earned her degree in Fine Arts. She is a Board Member Emeritus of the San Francisco Ballet and a former National Committee Member of the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has also served on the Planning Commission of the Town of Woodside (CA).
Lance Pulido is a Chicago native and attended DePaul University, earning a BS in Finance degree in 2009. Lance currently works in private banking and is an active member in his firm’s Pride organization.
Sarah Scutchfield originally from the Bay Area, attended DePaul University and graduated in 2008 with high honors and a BA in Public Relations and Advertising. After working in Marketing for several years, she followed up her degree with a Graphic Design certificate from the Chicago Art Institute, and now lives and works in Austin where she specializes in Marketing, Branding, and Graphic Design.
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Remembering Helen Miramontes
May 9, 1931 - May 3, 2016
Helen was our inspirational leader from her first meeting with our founders over coffee in 1996 until the final board meeting she attended in January of 2016. She joined our efforts because she felt that our mission encompassed factors that she cared deeply about – raising funds to provide care and services, to influence education and prevention, and to support vaccine development. Helen increasingly supported our product-based endeavor because she saw in it not only a way to raise much-needed funding but also as a way to keep the public involved in the AIDS cause and to build awareness about HIV and AIDS.
Helen was instrumental in introducing the Foundation to as many of those in her network as possible. She personally created relationships that will carry us on into the future and will influence our continuing work. We met her fellow nurses, her co-members of President Clinton’s Task Force on AIDS, her “beloved adopted sons”, her doctor associates involved in medical research, her many friends, and her extended family. She provided the imprimatur that allowed Until There’s A Cure Foundation to have a voice in HIV/AIDS community.
Helen was happiest about her association with the Foundation when she saw our efforts being recognized; for example when the San Francisco Giants MLB organization and the Giants Community Fund invited her to appear on the field during the 16th annual Until There’s A Cure special event baseball game. It was very rewarding for her to see her cause and her Foundation recognized so publicly in the city she loved so much.
Helen never let us forget our objectives or lose our way. She was the consummate teacher and leader who could chide us, laugh with us, and remind us that our ultimate goal has not yet been achieved. Helen always signed her emails --- "We must become the change we want to see in the world." M. Gandhi. In her honor, we will continue the fight... until there's a cure.
“Beautiful Helen! A life well lived with an unparalleled legacy. We are each better people for having known Helen.”
“Her passing is a loss for us as well as the worldwide HIV/AIDS effort... she will be sorely missed.”
“I’m so sorry and so incredibly sad.”
“Helen led us, guided us. cheered us, and challenged us as we, individually and collectively, tried to create our place in the fight to end the AIDS pandemic.”
These were the first comments of those of us who served with Helen as members of the Board of Directors of Until There’s A Cure Foundation.
Helen was instrumental in introducing the Foundation to as many of those in her network as possible. She personally created relationships that will carry us on into the future and will influence our continuing work. We met her fellow nurses, her co-members of President Clinton’s Task Force on AIDS, her “beloved adopted sons”, her doctor associates involved in medical research, her many friends, and her extended family. She provided the imprimatur that allowed Until There’s A Cure Foundation to have a voice in HIV/AIDS community.
Helen was happiest about her association with the Foundation when she saw our efforts being recognized; for example when the San Francisco Giants MLB organization and the Giants Community Fund invited her to appear on the field during the 16th annual Until There’s A Cure special event baseball game. It was very rewarding for her to see her cause and her Foundation recognized so publicly in the city she loved so much.
Helen never let us forget our objectives or lose our way. She was the consummate teacher and leader who could chide us, laugh with us, and remind us that our ultimate goal has not yet been achieved. Helen always signed her emails --- "We must become the change we want to see in the world." M. Gandhi. In her honor, we will continue the fight... until there's a cure.
“Beautiful Helen! A life well lived with an unparalleled legacy. We are each better people for having known Helen.”
“Her passing is a loss for us as well as the worldwide HIV/AIDS effort... she will be sorely missed.”
“I’m so sorry and so incredibly sad.”
“Helen led us, guided us. cheered us, and challenged us as we, individually and collectively, tried to create our place in the fight to end the AIDS pandemic.”
These were the first comments of those of us who served with Helen as members of the Board of Directors of Until There’s A Cure Foundation.
Honorary Board
The following individuals offer their names, their endorsement and their counsel to the organization and the Board of Directors. We value their association with the Foundation and their sanction and support of the Foundation’s work in fighting the AIDS pandemic.
Mario Alioto – Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing for the San Francisco Giants
Golden Brooks – Actress and Author
Alan Cumming – Actor, Author and Activist
Suzanne McKechnie Klahr – Social Entrepreneur, Educator, and Founder and CEO of BUILD
Emeka Okafor – Professional basketball player, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder of Safe Blood For Africa
Gina Ravera – Actress, Activist, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder of Project Reina
Ted Robinson – Voice of the San Francisco 49ers and NBC broadcaster for the Olympics and the French Open & Wimbledon Tennis Championships
Dr. Paul Volberding – Pioneering AIDS researcher, Chief of Medical Services at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco
Candice Wiggins – Professional basketball player, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder of the Candice Wiggins Foundation
Mario Alioto – Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing for the San Francisco Giants
Golden Brooks – Actress and Author
Alan Cumming – Actor, Author and Activist
Suzanne McKechnie Klahr – Social Entrepreneur, Educator, and Founder and CEO of BUILD
Emeka Okafor – Professional basketball player, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder of Safe Blood For Africa
Gina Ravera – Actress, Activist, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder of Project Reina
Ted Robinson – Voice of the San Francisco 49ers and NBC broadcaster for the Olympics and the French Open & Wimbledon Tennis Championships
Dr. Paul Volberding – Pioneering AIDS researcher, Chief of Medical Services at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco
Candice Wiggins – Professional basketball player, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder of the Candice Wiggins Foundation
Stories
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